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Downregulation of Plzf Gene Ameliorates Metabolic and Cardiac Traits in the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 1 Jun 2017
Liška František, Landa Vladimír, Zídek Václav, Mlejnek Petr, Šilhavý Jan, Šimáková Miroslava, Strnad Hynek, Trnovská Jaroslava, Škop Vojtěch, Kazdová Ludmila, Starker Colby G, Voytas Daniel F, Izsvák Zsuzsanna, Mancini Massimiliano, Šeda Ondřej, Křen Vladimír, Pravenec Michal
Abstract excerpt
The spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR), one of the most widely used model of essential hypertension, is predisposed to left ventricular hypertrophy, myocardial fibrosis, and metabolic disturbances. Recently, quantitative trait loci influencing blood pressure, left ventricular mass, and heart interstitial fibrosis were genetically isolated within a minimal congenic subline that contains only 7 genes, including...
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